Best Things To Do in Arizona 2024 4K
what's going on everybody this is living in Arizona now and today we are going to show you the absolute best things to do in Arizona we went all across the state to put together this list so you're going to walk away from here feeling like you really know Arizona and all that there is to do for you Adventure Seekers located in the desert Southwest of the United States you will need a vehicle because road tripping across the state is really how you do it all right guys so let's buckle up and head up to Monument Valley located on the Utah Arizona border this here is the Navajo tribal Park area accessible by US Route 163 the major town nearby is cayenta top attractions include the 17m drive I do recommend a guided tour here spring or fall is the best time now here we are at Fossil Creek this is a beautiful waterfall setting people come here for the swimming you do need a permit to actually hike down here this is nearby Payson or strawberry and Pine making it about a two to 2 and 1/2 hour drive away from Phoenix by the way there are time stamps below and we have almost 90 things to do so you can bounce around as you want here we are at Grand Falls the best time to come out here to see this waterfall along the little Colorado River is during the winter months or rainy season because without Rain there's not much going on there here we are at Antelope Canyon this is another place you will need a permit before you go out here probably a guided tour that you book ahead of time beautiful Maze of canyons out here in Northern Arizona near page now let's talk about the Grand Canyon railroad that begins here in Williams in northern Paige Arizona and It ultimately leads you to the Grand Canyon so a great way to get there is by this railroad but the Grand Canyon is the granddaddy of them all this spectacular site is one of the Seven Wonders of the World the canyon is around 277 Mi that's 446 km long and 18 Mi wide that's 29 km carved out by the Colorado River system believe believe it or not the Grand Canyon is actually closer to Las Vegas than it is to Phoenix next up is the old historical ghost town of Jerome it's not quite a ghost town anymore people are coming here for the tourism but it does sit at around 5,000 FT elevation it was originally used by Phelps Dodge to extract copper gold and other precious metals out of the side of the Black Hills here because it was an old mining boom Town that's now been turned into a tourist attraction you will go around here finding many different haunted or old buildings that people are drawn to the old haunted hospital has been turned into a hotel now here we are at sorro National Park a Soro is a cactus that can grow up to 40 to 60 feet tall weighing over a ton the average Soro lives 150 to 200 years and right here next to Tucson is the ultimate place to see these beautiful Arizona iconic cactuses they can only be found here in Arizona this is considered the most well-preserved meteor strike on Earth so you you'll see this big whole crater and at the museum at the top you will see evidence that this was a meteor as they show you some of the debris this is privately owned so it's not run by the government now here we are at Walnut Canyon this is an archaeological site next to Flagstaff about 45 minutes away to the east if you guys want to walk around here into this National Monument area it's an amazing hike I would suggest doing it in the spring or the fall months and now here we are in Northern Iona again this here is Horseshoe Bend which is the bend in the Colorado River that goes from Lake Pal towards the Grand Canyon but this is a majestic site when you're up here looking down you really see this Majestic View is so special and now here we are in Lake Powell right next to Paige Lake Powell borders with Utah so most of it's actually in Utah damned up by the Glen Canyon Dam down here in Arizona it is the second largest Reservoir in in the United States known for recreational sites because people like to take their boats out on this Lake and explore all the hidden caves and canyons now here we are in Bisbee this is in Southern Arizona also an old Phelps Dodge mining boom Town known for the copper that it was extracting again Arizona is called The Copper State because you're noticing lots of copper was coming out of here actually Bisby at one point in time was so big they almost got a professional baseball team in the 1920s and and just like Jerome when you go down to Bisby not much has changed since the 1920s and 30s all the old buildings are still intact and in place and that's what really makes it quite Charming now here we are at the lower Salt River located just outside of Phoenix it's a popular place with people who like to kayak or do tubing down the river this is something that's popular during the summertime in Phoenix in particular it's actually one of the most popular things you'll do they have the Granite Reef Dam down here and it's all a part of the SRP which is a water management system in Phoenix and then from the Salt River we're headed down to Southern Arizona again just outside of Bisby this year is Tombstone world renowned for the western movie Tombstone that you may have seen where Doc Holiday Wyatt her they do reenactments of the shootout at the OK Corral also they've got a lot of historical stuff going on down here and just like Jerome and Bisbee not much has changed since the old days now we're headed up just outside of Flagstaff this this is another ancient civilization area Wupatki National Monument there's actually two different locations of the old historical area that you can explore kind of similar to Walnut Canyon although this is more on a plateau then in the four corners area just past Monument Valley is Canyon deay National Monument out here on Navajo land as well but they've got some Native American archaeological sites and beautiful views out here in Canyon De Chelly looks like it's pronounced Canyon De Shea but nope and sticking to Old Native American areas this here is the Apache Trail that goes from Mesa up towards Rosevelt Dam half of the road is currently closed hopefully they reopen it but wow what an amazing place out here this is where the Apache Indians were living when the settlers were coming a lot of people just do this drive to get out of the city and into the Great Wide Open so coming out here doing some 4X fouring make sure you bring the proper vehicle once you get off onto the dirt roads because the roads do get rough and speaking of iconic drives this is Route 66 obviously it goes across the country but the Arizona section is very famous go to Winslow Arizona standing on the corner or you could go to Williams they've got some Route 66 stuff all across Kingman so depending on where you go you're going to come across Route 66 memorabilia and history the road itself stretches 2,448 Mi originating in Chicago and ending in Santa Monica but it's really been replaced by I 10 and other interstates originally opened in 1926 and now here we are in Far North Western Arizona this here is the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument this is actually north of the Grand Canyon really amazing Cliffs rugged desert make sure you got enough gas out here cuz it's sparsely populated so coming out here to enjoy places like Lee's Ferry along the Colorado River a common place where people get on those rafts to go down the Colorado into the grand Canyon or out of the Grand Canyon so that's Lee's fery right there now here we are at the White Mountains way up there in Arizona High Country this is around 8 to 9,000 FT elevation depending on where you're at we have beautiful towns up here called Greer Pinetop Lakeside a lot going on in the White Mountains now here we are at Acrosanti this is in between Phoenix and Flagstaff it's a pit stop long i7 it's an old architectural Marvel from around the 70s or 80s and it's kind kind of become a museum of sorts because of its unique placement in the desert as well as its architectural design from Acrosanti we're going to head up towards Kingman but we're going to go west again this is Oatman known for its donkeys or Burros or if you want to call them by the three-letter word that starts with an A but it's an old mining town as well so Oatman definitely a cool place to go mostly notable because of these donkeys or mules which are also known as the Beast of Burden for the miners now here we are at the Bullhead City area now this is an interesting place along the Colorado River just past Hoover Dam on the other side of the river is going to be the old gambling site of Laughlin another awesome thing to do in Arizona is horseback riding we've got plenty of stables if you go down towards Tucson they've got dude ranches uh a lot of different places to go around Arizona to find horseback riding just a simple Google search and you can find it but a Dude Ranch could could be great for some of you in far in Far Southern Arizona just north of Mexico border is the Oregon pipe National Monument these are kind of like swirls but they're a little bit skinnier and they're a totally different Cactus called an Organ Pipe Cactus a lot of people come down here and bring the RV and camp out for a few days Under the Stars enjoying this beautiful desert again a place I probably wouldn't go in the winter or the summer now just south of Phoenix is the Cass Grande Ruins National Monument known for the big mud house this is how the ham people were living many years ago they eventually became extinct and were replaced by the Apaches quite an interesting place made of adobe mud now here we are in Old town Scottsdale they consider this the old Wild West although it's kind of a new city and it's turned into a luxury area they do have the Western History Museum if you guys wanted to explore there and learn all about the Cowboys of the old 1800s and such another Native American side is monz Zuma's Castle National Monument this just outside of camp verie and Sedona and they call it Montezuma Castle because it's this big cliff dwelling right there along the river there or the creek as we would call it and just next to Montezuma's Castle is monuma as well some people like to dive down there I've never done it and really it's just a big pond for diving but uh interesting place nonetheless cuz it's out here in the middle of the desert in fact the whole verie valley is very interesting to explore now here we are at the wave this is nearby the Vermilion Cliffs you could kind of do the two in the same but the wave is world famous actually just because of the unique Sandstone carvings that nature has eroded away but you do need a permit to go out here and just north of Phoenix is another ruin called se's key out here you can find lots of hiking as well uh it's on the way to Bartlett Lake so definitely check out Sears key ruins for nice little hike definitely bring hiking boots for this one I recommend going there at Sunset and golf of course golfing in Arizona very popular U many different golf courses I mean I would say Arizona's got to be one of the golfing meccas of the world to be honest with you Phoenix itself has around 200 golf courses in the greater Phoenix area Tucson also is loaded with golf courses it's plenty in Flagstaff so get out there on the links staying in Phoenix here we're at the Tempe Town Lake this is part of the lower Salt River system and right along the Waterfront in Tempe this area is quite new it used to be a dry riverbed but now they filled it with water people go out there in Spring and fall and enjoy the Riverbats do some sailing even in case you didn't know the Salt River used to flow all the way into the Colorado River and into the ocean they're at the sea Cortez in Mexico now here we are at the Oak Creek Canyon area the drive alone on 89a is considered one of the best drives they've got Slide Rock up here this is actually one of the most famous places in all of Arizona it does get a bit crowded on the weekends and holidays so I would say don't even think about it it because you're not going to find any parking it's going to be too many people but if you can get there on a weekday when not too many people are there you'll enjoy it and this Oak Creek Canyon is located basically in between Sedona and Flagstaff along 889a now here we are at the Waterwheel Falls this is just outside of pacin a really cool hike takes about 15 to 20 minutes depending on uh how fast you are could take longer but the water wheel is a cool place go up there take a splash in the pond right there at the bottom in the lagoon and then walk out and just above pacing is the mogon rim they also say there's a Mogan monster up there although that's more folklore than anything but either way they do have lots of elk and bear up here it's a good place to Camp cool off when it's hot down in Phoenix the rim is a little bit higher elevation than Pac probably 1,000 ft higher camping up here is great because you can see all the stars at night like you've never seen before also they've got lot of likes to do some fishing by the way if you're enjoying this video please consider liking and subscribing to the channel here we are now at Prescot this here was the original capital of Arizona when it has a territory back in the 1800s uh they do have a historical area down here uh known as Whiskey Row so lots of History up here in Prescot old mining town as well out there in the Prescot National Forest you'll find lots of cabins people like come up here and escape the heat in the summertime get out there and Potato Patch and some of that other areas they also have Lynx Lake lots of people like to come up to Prescot to get on those Lakes speaking of lakes here we are at Lake Havasu City this is probably the most happening Lake in all of the State uh you go out here in the springtime in the fall it's hot in the summer but they still even get out there on that lake with jet boats and all sorts of activity right on the border with California so people come from California and Arizona to hang out in this beautiful Lake environment right here at Lake havu further south of the lake down towards Parker they have a lot going on make sure you bring a jet make sure you rent a jet ski or a speedboat if you're going to go down there now here we are back in Phoenix this is South Mountain so the South Mountain natural Preserve uh people like to come down here and hike around uh really beautiful views overlooking Phoenix so if you're planning to go to Phoenix definitely consider a trip up to South Mountain to do a hike uh really great place up here by the way we did make a full things to do about things to do in Phoenix if you guys want to watch that video I'll put a link below so you guys can check it out or a link at the end now here we are at Canyon Lake this is again something just outside of Phoenix very beautiful lake to go around on a boat they also have some uh fairies that you can take around the lake so very beautiful views out here now let's talk about Williams a little bit more in detail so we talked about it when we were doing the Route 66 but I would say there's a lot of activity going along Williams as you know they also have the Grand Canyon railroad which we talked about previously but nice nighlife it's next to Flagstaff they've also got some hiking just south of there where they have a beautiful waterfall north of there they have some camping that people like to do out at the Lakes this here is tuzigoot National Monument again this is an amazing Native American site overlooking the verie river verie meaning Green Green River but old historical site right here toigo you can check it out when you go up to Jerome and explore around Cottonwood as well so definitely add this to the list if you're in the Native American archaeology and if you're into art you probably want to go down to tuac and check out this area it's also along the deonza trail and they have a mission down here called tum moery and it's close to Patagonia uh Lots going down here uh right next to the Mexican border just north of nog Galis really a cool part of Arizona to explore now we're here at Goldwater Lake this is one of the most popular Lakes for people trying to beat the heat get out of Phoenix and go out on a kayak or a standup paddle board now this is just outside of preset you'll see the pine trees around there another old western town that not many people know about is Wickenberg it's got Good Vibes I would say if you go the back route to Prescot you should probably stop in Wickenberg get yourself a steak stop by a saloon maybe check out the museum there really a cool place the cool thing is the Vulture City mine was really the original settlement for Phoenix because they used to grow the food down in Phoenix and then bring it up to the miners in Vulture City which is just outside of Wickenberg and now here we are at Madera Canyon Madera Canyon is an interesting place just outside of tuac or Green Valley south of Tucson go up in here and it's like an Eden all in of itself up here in this Canyon area do some camping chilling relaxing good place to get outside the city down here in Southern Arizona there's a lot of wildlife as you know some of these Jaguars have been coming up into Arizona from Mexico as well you don't find them there in Madera Canyon you'll find those over in chawa but either way lots of wildlife in Madera Canyon here we are at the Four Corners when you go out to Monument Valley you can head out here this is where Utah Colorado New Mexico and Arizona all meet and people like to stand in all four dates at the same time you just got to get on all fours it's more for a geographical reference now here we are at Lynx Lake another beautiful Lake to get out there hike around explore this one's just outside of presc as well so it's in the presc National Forest they also had some gold mining going on down here so those of you want to do some panning for gold you may find an option to do that down here in links Lake a lot of these lakes in Arizona camping is a big thing to do it's really a nice way to connect with nature and get all that that City Life off your back now when you're in Mesa you can go to the Arizona Museum of Natural History and learn about dinosaurs this is a great place to go for kids I remember when I was a young kid this place really piqu my interest just because of all of the history about dinosaurs next up we're here in Cave Creek now there is two different cave creeks in Arizona this one is north of Phoenix it's an old western frontier town as they call it and going around Cave Creek you really feel like you're back in time it's a little bit ritzy because it's a high-end part of Arizona but they did a great job of preserving the town that it is also a biker town so they do a bike week up here they've got Harold's Bar Buffalo Chip they've got the Hideaway lots of good stuff going on down here now here we are at a football game the Arizona Cardinals when you're in the state of Arizona you can check out our Arizona Cardinals play Rise Up red SE we' got a beautiful Stadium now called State Farm stadium so if you guys are uh in town during football All Season try to get out there to the big toaster and this is another beautiful Lake just outside of Prescot this one's called Watson lake so you're going to see lots of cool rock formations out here that makes this place so unique again a great place to get out and do some kayaking and exploring and just a reminder if you guys are enjoying this video so far please do give us a like And subscribe to the channel we really work hard trying to bring you guys all the information and get you up to date about things to do in Arizona and now here we are at downtown Mesa this is a historical Place uh the Mormons were out here settling this area along the Salt River and we're here at the Phoenix Art Museum this is the premier art museum for those of you who love art you've got to check it out right down here in downtown Phoenix along Central now here we are at Biosphere 2 just outside of Tucson you all remember the movie biodome well this structure in the 90s was quite famous it's not as famous as it used to be but they created an indoor Greenhouse laboratory experiment now here we are at the Eastern Arizona town of historic Clifton now out here you also have Morenci Clifton again another beautiful old rustic historical town for those of you who want to get out there and explore Arizona this is how you're going to do it you're going to get out there and check out these small towns and these historical areas and understand the mining and the history about the great state of Arizona because as you you can see there's plenty to do and there's even more than this as we continue to show you all the places this here is more to more Farms now a lot of people don't know that Arizona does have some fertility in terms of farming uh you can come up here during Halloween and go to the pumpkin patch or even during Christmas and pick up a Christmas tree up here in Prescot area just outside of Prescot Valley area but kids love this place more to more Farms I'd have to say the best museum in Arizona belongs to the musical instrument museum also known as the MIM I overlooked it for a long time but then when I went in there I was like this is a really cool Museum whoever put this place together went out of their way to make sure that all bits of Music were included in this and I would say it's probably one of the best musical instrument museums in the world and in the heart of Phoenix is a really cool place called the hole in the wall or hole in the rock you hike up there it only takes 5 to 10 minutes to get up there and then you get this great View looking down into the Valley of the Sun Phoenix downtown area go there at Sunset really beautiful pictures right there in the heart of Phoenix and right next to that is going to be hunts tomb now hunts tomb is interesting because this was the first governor of the state of Arizona and this pyramid up there at the top of the hill that's his tomb just above the Phoenix Zoo now here we are in Flagstaff we call this the mile high city even though it's well over a mile high it's 7500 FT elevation sitting at the base of San Francisco Peak also known as Humphrey's Peak but this is where Northern Arizona University is it's known as a Brewers town so if you like beer go on up here to Flagstaff and chill out summer times a lot cooler than Downtown Phoenix and wintertime it gets some snow now here we are in downtown Phoenix so Downtown Phoenix is the heart of Arizona really this is where the Diamondbacks play the Phoenix Suns play also they got those museums uh so lots going on down here they've done a good job of trying to revamp the place and also keep the historical core intact and the Suns they do play there at the footprint Center which has been remodeled over the years they also have concerts there so Downtown Phoenix really a place for that and then you can go to a baseball game here to see the Arizona Diamondbacks it used to be called Bank One ballpark also Nam as the Bob but nowadays it's called Chase Field uh I still think it's one of the best stadiums in the Major League Baseball but not everyone agrees uh but it's a beautiful stadium with the jacuzzi in the Outfield and like I said the Suns stadium is right and like I said the Suns arena is right next door which is equally as Ruckus So Good Vibes down there and the Main Street along with Central is called Roosevelt Street Roosevelt Row as they call it and they've done a great job of taking this place and keeping the old historical feel while modernizing it and bringing life back into it now get a resort pass and do a station so plenty of resorts all across Phoenix to check out obviously we've made a video about all of the best resorts in Phoenix but even Arizona has them in Sedona getting the resort pass can really help with that now here we are at the verie river so hanging out at the verie river there's an area that you can go from basically Camp verie down to Phoenix that's unexplored Wilderness for those of you who are really bold you can explore that on a kayak or a inner tube let it be known it is rugged and another cool spot to hang out is downtown Gilbert also known as DTG uh known for the famous water tower that doesn't really have any function anymore but they've still kept it intact and this is where they're going to have some of those country western bars I would say it's like Arizona's little Nashville down here and you can even go over to the repari and preserve and Water Ranch this is the coolest place to hang out they've taken this area and they've turned it into like a wildlife sanctuary right there in the desert of Gilbert and I like it down here if you guys get a chance and you want a little peace and quiet while in Gilbert go over here and check out The reparan Preserve and another Native American Site this one's up in Globe Miami this is BBA gawa go ahead and say that five times over but uh good little spot right there in Globe Miami also gives you an excuse to get out to Globe Miami so as you can see you've got lots of options here thanks to this video all right now what do you say we head back over to preset and Cottonwood area this here is Mingus Mountain this is the scenic Road there along Mingus Mountain on one side you're headed into Prescot Valley on the other side you're headed into the verie valley which includes Jerome Clarkdale so lots to see up here and you go way up into the mountain quite high elevation and from the verie valley we're headed now back down towards the Valley of the Sun this here is Arizona Falls if you go online and you type in Arizona falls back I don't know old pictures you'll see some really cool shots of the canal system as you guys know the hoom people had a very intricate sophisticated Canal system this here is a look at the kit Peak Observatory there's a few different observatories in Arizona kit Peak Observatory being one of the best in the country and you should check out this here kit Peak obser teritory now here we are at Oldtown Cottonwood so Oldtown Cottonwood has a lot going on for it in terms of uh class and culture and feeling uh not too many people know about Oldtown Cottonwood except for on the weekends the locals come out here but nice little rustic area right along the verie river they do have a old jail they do have an old jail cell right there in the old town that you can check out now here we are at the haapi mountains this is a heck of a place to explore there's so many different mountain ranges across Arizona this one's out there in Northwestern Arizona nearby Kingman and Oatman and if you get out here and explore around here uh you can really get lost and uh you never know what you'll come across with these old mining communities great place for some camping again camping in Arizona very popular now here we are at the mystery castle now this one's tough to get into because they have some very unique hours like 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. uh Thursday through Sunday and then last hour at 240 it closes but do check it out now here's an interesting concept that they've done out in Gilbert area this one's called Barn one so they've taken these Barn Styles and they've made them into like shopping communities and also food stalls and hopefully something like this picks up so we can get more of this across Arizona it's a sustainable way to keep in touch with our Roots right now here we are at LOL Observatory up in Flagstaff we showed you kid Peak Observatory there's also one on Mount Graham uh but the L Observatory definitely a very awesome uh historical place right there along the side of uh Humphrey's Peak so include this on your trip to Flagstaff but also while you're up here in Flagstaff checking out the little Observatory head over to Sunset Crater now this is a very volcanic type place it reminded me a bit of the Big Island when I liveed there but you can go around the Sunset Crater Camp they've got Lots going on here and just looking at all these cinder cone kind of volcanoes on the slopes or the side of Mount Humphrey speaking of mountains the popular one down in Tucson is called Mount Lemon the drive up there is absolutely spectacular it's definitely one of my favorite drives along with the Oak Creek Canyon Drive so Mount Lemon just above Tucson lots of stops to see along the way and you'll see once you get up there they've got pine trees finally as you rise out of the Desert Valley floor here in the Catalina mountains they even have a ski lodge up here called ski valley on Mount Lemon skiing in Arizona is actually quite popular they have one in Flagstaff there called snowb you just got to make sure there's snow now here we are at Chapel of the Holy Cross here in Sedona this is an absolutely amazing Chapel uh people go up here get great views of Sedona they also get great views of this unique Chapel built into the cliff side or into the mountain side and another thing to do is go to a hockey game now the coyotes they just moved to Utah but we still have the road runners down in Tucson and we still have a few ice skating rinks down here in the desert so getting out to the hockey can really be a way to cool down and get on some ice now here we are at hav suai Canyon the big thing to keep in mind about the waterfall but also the canyon they have hav Supai Creek the hike down there from the top is quite amazing and here's Carefree this is actually the most expensive real estate Zone in all of the state so alongside Paradise Valley carefree and Paradise Valley are two high-end real estate areas this is actually just next to Cave Creek uh also next to Desert Mountain so if you wanted to see more of this Boutique rustic kind of feeling check out Carefree now here we are at the Tonto Natural Bridge this is quite an amazing place just next to pacin on the way over towards Pine and strawberry but as you can see what an amazing natural wonder this is so come on out here to the Tonto Natural Bridge and all across Arizona there's dog parks like this one here called Cosmos dog park but getting out there socializing with your neighbors or the local community bringing your dog along to hang out with everyone else's dog that's a cool thing to do out here in Arizona so plenty of dog parks right now here we are in Rocky Point Mexico also known as Puerto prosco but we call Puerto Penasco Arizona's Beach because about an hour South of the Border is this beautiful beach community so uh just keep in mind it is in Mexico so be sure to check out any Travel warnings before going out of the country and that's a wrap from Arizona if you guys enjoyed it please subscribe to the channel and watch some more of our other videos I'll put off-roading and small towns next
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